In the 1882 "Survey of Western Palestine", Serta was described as a small stone village.

In the 1883 "Survey of Western Palestine", the village was described as "a small village in flat open ground, with a well to the north".

In The Survey of Western Palestine (1882), it is also described as a "ruined village".

The Survey of Western Palestine described the village in the 1870s as being a "large village standing high on a ridge.

A member of the Survey of Palestine recalled that "nearly all the stations on the railway had been burnt".

The area was examined in 1873 by "Survey of Western Palestine", who gave the following description:

The following decade, the Survey of Western Palestine found only ruins.

According to the Survey of Western Palestine, the village had a population of 300-400 in 1874.

In the late 19th century, "The Survey of Western Palestine" described it as a "small mud village on flat ground.

In the 1881 "Survey of Western Palestine", Jalud was described as "a small village on low ground, with olives to the south".